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Fantasy & SciFi
Set in Bujold’s Vorkosigan universe, this independent novel follows a doctor as he braces himself for his first encounter with that most alien of aliens—a female of his own species.
Dr. Ethan Urquhart is chief of biology at a District Reproduction Center. He delivers babies from uterine replicators. You see, on Athos there are no women. In fact, the planet is forbidden to them. Isolated from the galactic community by distance and a lack of exploitable resources, the Athosians have peacefully lived their peculiar social experiment for two hundred years. But now, the ovarian cultures dating back to the original settlement of the planet are giving out. With the future of Athos at stake, Ethan is chosen on behalf of his cloistered fellows for a unique mission: to brave the wider universe in quest of new ovarian tissue cultures to replenish Athos’ dwindling stocks. Along the way, he must tangle with covert operatives, killers, telepathy, interplanetary politics, and—perhaps most disturbingly—an indomitable female mercenary named Elli Quinn.
© 2009 Blackstone Publishing (Ljudbok): 9781481567534
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 1 juni 2009
4.3
8 av 19
Fantasy & SciFi
Set in Bujold’s Vorkosigan universe, this independent novel follows a doctor as he braces himself for his first encounter with that most alien of aliens—a female of his own species.
Dr. Ethan Urquhart is chief of biology at a District Reproduction Center. He delivers babies from uterine replicators. You see, on Athos there are no women. In fact, the planet is forbidden to them. Isolated from the galactic community by distance and a lack of exploitable resources, the Athosians have peacefully lived their peculiar social experiment for two hundred years. But now, the ovarian cultures dating back to the original settlement of the planet are giving out. With the future of Athos at stake, Ethan is chosen on behalf of his cloistered fellows for a unique mission: to brave the wider universe in quest of new ovarian tissue cultures to replenish Athos’ dwindling stocks. Along the way, he must tangle with covert operatives, killers, telepathy, interplanetary politics, and—perhaps most disturbingly—an indomitable female mercenary named Elli Quinn.
© 2009 Blackstone Publishing (Ljudbok): 9781481567534
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 1 juni 2009
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I really love this book, if possible I even like it more than the books focused on Miles Vorkosigan. This is simply magnificent and quite different sci fi. I love all of this authors work. She has such an ability to follow interesting and original ideas. And she is amazing in creating believable characters, that differ from almost all of the types of characters/heroes we often meet inside sci-fi and fantasy. And she so often takes these, wonderfully original, ideas and characters and leads them in such unexpected directions. It’s a joy and and privilege to explore the universes she describe and create.
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